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The Tri-State Consortium tries and fails to Trailblazerize my district
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Showing posts with label Tri-State Consortium. Show all posts
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Tri-State Consortium la la la
So I was saying that all of Westchester County, of a sudden, is gripped by the conviction that a high-quality school means a school with in-house, embedded professional development & plenty of it.
In-house, embedded professional development = instructional coaches. Teachers for the teachers. Tenured teachers for the teachers, no less.
Come to find out, Concerned Parent has seen the same over in CT:
In-house, embedded professional development = instructional coaches. Teachers for the teachers. Tenured teachers for the teachers, no less.
Come to find out, Concerned Parent has seen the same over in CT:
...it's that stupid tri-state consortium mind-set. It's all the same buzzwords in my district: professional development, math coaches, no perfect curriculum, 21st century skills. My district actually believes we're falling behind because we have no math coaches-- it has nothing to do with Everyday Math and CMP2 and balanced literacy. Nothing.Swell.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
one more reason I will be voting 'no'
Tri-State Consortium Districts Online Database
and
Tri-State Consortium Fee Structure 2008-2009
Interesting that Irvington reports "Math Trailblazers" as the "Elementary Math Program" for K-5, but then, under "Middle School Math Program," says "No specific program is used, however we follow the NY State curriculum."
Number one: last fall, at a school board meeting, our Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology told the assembled 2 or 3 parents seated in the audience that: "People say Trailblazers is our curriculum. Trailblazers isn't our curriculum. We write our own curriculum."
She rolled her eyes when she said "People say Trailblazers is our curriculum."
Number two: The middle school uses traditional math textbooks: Prentice Hall Pre-Algebra, Glencoe Algebra 1, Glencoe Geometry (for the accelerated kids in 8th grade). I've forgotten the others but, as I recall, they're not fuzzy.
Apparently to the Tri-State way of thinking, "not fuzzy" translates to "no specific program" and "Math Trailblazers," while not a curriculum, is a program.
Needless to say, I have suggested to the school board, the administration, and the PTSA that we save money in these uncertain times by declining to renew our membership in the Consortium.
Thus far my pleas have fallen upon deaf ears.
and
Tri-State Consortium Fee Structure 2008-2009
Interesting that Irvington reports "Math Trailblazers" as the "Elementary Math Program" for K-5, but then, under "Middle School Math Program," says "No specific program is used, however we follow the NY State curriculum."
Number one: last fall, at a school board meeting, our Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology told the assembled 2 or 3 parents seated in the audience that: "People say Trailblazers is our curriculum. Trailblazers isn't our curriculum. We write our own curriculum."
She rolled her eyes when she said "People say Trailblazers is our curriculum."
Number two: The middle school uses traditional math textbooks: Prentice Hall Pre-Algebra, Glencoe Algebra 1, Glencoe Geometry (for the accelerated kids in 8th grade). I've forgotten the others but, as I recall, they're not fuzzy.
Apparently to the Tri-State way of thinking, "not fuzzy" translates to "no specific program" and "Math Trailblazers," while not a curriculum, is a program.
Needless to say, I have suggested to the school board, the administration, and the PTSA that we save money in these uncertain times by declining to renew our membership in the Consortium.
Thus far my pleas have fallen upon deaf ears.
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